The Wise Cleaning Life Of A Returning Genius Hunter [EN]: Chapter 259

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The restructuring of the Vietnam Branch’s cleaning teams proceeded as planned.

Teams 2, 4, 5, 8, and 10.

A total of five teams were officially disbanded, and the remaining teams took over all the remaining dungeons.

Of course, that didn’t mean the workload increased.

They were instructed to work on only three dungeons a day, so whether they liked it or not, they had to work only the set amount.

So, even with the restructuring, there wasn’t much difference from before.

Except that all the cleaners belonging to the disbanded teams went home.

“…….”

“…….”

“…….”

Cleaning management office.

The members of Cleaning Team 3, who were waiting for work in that place that was now almost like our hideout, were all silent.

You didn’t need to ask what they were thinking.

The bewilderment that their work wasn’t just support.

The guilt of having fired those who had been colleagues and friends for a week.

And the sense of betrayal for not telling them in advance.

Their faces were a mixture of such emotions.

‘Well, seeing as they’re not saying anything, they must think there’s a good reason…’

I made the decision, so it seems they’ll follow it anyway… but I couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable.

The fact that they didn’t even bother to ask the reason meant they were that disappointed in me.

‘But the situation wasn’t favorable to tell them everything…’

Besides, isn’t it easier to ask for forgiveness than permission?

They can be as disappointed as they want now.

It won’t last long anyway.

“Okay, let’s prepare for the afternoon work.”

“…….”

“…….”

When I spoke, everyone slowly got up without answering.

“I don’t think I’ll be able to participate in the work from today due to other matters. As much as the manpower is lacking, the work will be delayed, but please don’t overdo it and only work on the set number.”

“…Understood.”

“……Yes.”

A lukewarm answer.

I understood their feelings, so I didn’t bother to nitpick.

The team members lingered and left the office, and soon only I and Branch Manager Lee Ah-young remained.

“Well, you expected this much, right?”

Then, Branch Manager Lee Ah-young, who was watching the team members move away, opened her mouth slightly.

“Of course.”

“Even if that’s the case here… what are you going to do when you go back to Korea? You might have to find new team members?”

“I probably won’t have to.”

When I answered immediately, Branch Manager Lee Ah-young tilted her head as if asking what I meant.

“They won’t leave the team because they’re disappointed in me.”

“How are you so sure? People can be good 100 times, but if they get on your bad side once, it’s over.”

“…….”

I saved my answer.

Because I didn’t feel the need to explain further.

I hurriedly changed the subject to another story.

“Anyway, now that the cleaning team is halved, problems will start to arise in the schedule. They’ll be so focused on the subjugation profits that they’ll continue the subjugation, but the cleaning team won’t be able to keep up with the schedule, so the work will continue to be delayed.”

“Well… that’s probably true.”

“But as long as we’re managing the cleaning team, the branch will not be able to do anything when it realizes the problem.”

“Then the International Association headquarters will move?”

“Yes.”

I nodded.

“They’ll belatedly increase the cleaning team or urgently reduce the amount of subjugation… but no matter how much money they pour in, it won’t be easy to reverse the already messed up schedule.”

“What if you put a stop to the operation?”

“That’s the only solution. But it won’t be easy to make that decision either. Because the finances will be crazy bad.”

I continued.

“They poured money into it, but the problem wasn’t solved, and in the end, the operation was stopped, so the branch and the headquarters are hit hard. But the bigger problem is…….”

“Uncleaned dungeon…….”

She answered.

“The fact that the cleaning work is delayed means that uncleaned dungeons will inevitably occur.”

“…….”

“As you know, subjugating uncleaned dungeons is a much more difficult operation. It requires several times more manpower and support. The subjugation profits have been cut off, but if you have to pour hundreds of billions into uncleaned dungeons right away, the branch will be a mess.”

When I spoke, Branch Manager Lee Ah-young made a somewhat displeased expression.

“But… if that happens, the entire Vietnam could be in danger, right? It’s an emergency even if only one uncleaned dungeon is created, but if it happens like that…….”

“A disaster will happen.”

Branch Manager Lee Ah-young’s expression hardened.

It was as if she was asking if I would proceed even knowing that.

But I answered firmly.

“But that won’t happen.”

“What do you mean? Are you going to handle all the uncleaned dungeons?”

“Of course not. Even I can’t do that. No, no matter who comes, they can’t solve this problem.”

“Ah, then what are you thinking…!”

“Operation stop, serious financial deterioration, unresolvable uncleaned dungeons… then the International Association has only one choice.”

I cut off her words and continued.

“That choice will be a solution for us.”

Now all preparations are complete.

From now on, all I have to do is watch.

The branch that I desperately saved two years ago, collapsing to the very end.

***

Vietnam Branch, Operations Headquarters.

Nguyen, the operations director, was reviewing this month’s operation plan and subjugation schedule.

He was able to keep his position thanks to his experience in the personnel reshuffle a few days ago, but that wasn’t all that good.

It was like keeping his seat while being deprived of all decision-making power.

He couldn’t issue a single operation order without the permission of Branch Manager Sean.

In other words, his job was just approving reports and reviewing the operation schedule.

‘How is this an operations director…….’

That’s what Director Nguyen was muttering when.

“Director.”

A man burst into the office, opening the door.

It was Chris, the new operations team leader dispatched from headquarters this time.

“This is this week’s operation status. Please check and approve.”

“…….”

A tone that made it unclear who was the superior.

Director Nguyen frowned and looked at him.

‘Tsk, he’s openly ignoring me…….’

But it wasn’t just the tone that ignored him.

Team Leader Chris slammed the documents on the desk.

Of course, Director Nguyen was not in a position to point out his attitude, so he tried to suppress his anger and picked up the documents.

“…….”

And soon, as if he had discovered something unusual, his eyebrows twitched.

He immediately took out another document from the drawer.

It was the cleaning work status report that Branch Manager Lee Ah-young had given him a few hours ago.

Director Nguyen checked the two documents alternately with a feeling of disbelief, and soon his face hardened.

‘What is this…….’

His pupils shook greatly.

That’s because the cleaning work status and the subjugation status differed by more than three times.

‘This… this shouldn’t be happening…?’

He continued to look at the documents alternately with an incomprehensible expression.

This is quite a serious situation.

If the schedule is not adjusted right now, problems will occur in the subjugation soon.

I have to ask the branch manager to stop the operation right now…….

‘Wait…….’

At that moment, a fact that Director Nguyen had forgotten for a while came to his mind.

That’s right.

Come to think of it, Kim Jun-woo is managing all the cleaning teams.

There’s no way he would have set up this schedule without any thought.

That means…….

‘Is it part of the plan…….’

But he couldn’t understand what Kim Jun-woo was thinking.

“Is there a problem?”

At that moment, Team Leader Chris, seeing his unusual expression, asked.

“Ah… uh…?”

At the same time, Director Nguyen was startled and answered.

“Ah, no. Nothing.”

Then, he immediately hid the cleaning work status documents in the drawer and shook his head.

Yes, I don’t know what Kim Jun-woo is thinking…….

This must not be discovered.

“Well, you’re doing well. I think you can keep doing this. I’ve checked it, so go.”

“……Understood.”

Team Leader Chris seemed suspicious, but soon turned around without asking any further questions.

Just as he was about to leave the office.

“By the way, Director…….”

Team Leader Chris turned his head again and opened his mouth.

“What, what is it?”

When he asked, trying to hide his nervous mind, he said.

“Use honorifics. Even if you call me director, I’m strictly affiliated with headquarters.”

“……I will… do that.”

Only after hearing that answer did Team Leader Chris smile and leave the office.

At the same time, Director Nguyen checked the hidden documents again.

‘…….’

Kim Jun-woo didn’t tell me the details of the future plan.

So, he had no idea what he was doing.

But even if he doesn’t know what he’s trying to do…….

‘Now that you’ve started… don’t get caught.’

He knows what he has to do.

Shred-!

Director Nguyen, who had thought that far, tore up the cleaning status documents without hesitation.

Concealment of work documents.

He committed a serious mistake that could never be forgiven as the operations director.

***

About a week after the cleaning team restructuring, the branch was in an unexpected emergency.

“What the hell is going on!”

Branch Manager Sean came in with an excited face and shouted.

“Requesting permission to stop the operation! What’s the problem!”

“B, Branch Manager…!”

Then, Jonathan, the control team leader, who was checking the operation status on the monitor, opened his mouth with difficulty.

“T, that’s… the cleaning work is too delayed. Ten uncleaned dungeons have already occurred.”

“What…?”

At the same time, Branch Manager Sean’s eyebrows twitched.

“There are more than 30 dungeons waiting to be cleaned. If this continues, they will all be transferred to uncleaned dungeons. To be this delayed, it seems that the problem has occurred at least two weeks ago…….”

“What are you talking about! There was no report that there was a problem! If there was a problem with cleaning, a report would have come to me right away…!”

He raised his voice and then trailed off.

That’s because he remembered what he had said.

‘Don’t come up here with cleaning issues, and discuss it with Mr. Huin.’

That’s right.

Hadn’t he told them not to report cleaning issues himself?

“Damn it…!”

Branch Manager Sean gritted his teeth.

“E, even if you don’t report directly, this doesn’t make sense.”

But control team leader Jonathan seemed to have a slightly different idea.

“The operations director directly checks the schedule coordination between the operations team and the cleaning team. Surely the cleaning team status report came up, and then he would have known that there was a problem…….”

“The operations director checks…?”

Branch Manager Sean let out a laugh when he heard that.

‘Nguyen, that bastard…….’

Is he deliberately hiding the cleaning team status report?

But why?

“Anyway, the situation is serious right now. If we don’t handle the delayed dungeons somehow, we have no choice but to stop the operation.”

“…….”

Branch Manager Sean swept his hair back.

I thought it was finally stabilizing, but what is this all of a sudden?

“First… shall we contact headquarters?”

Team Leader Jonathan asked, and Branch Manager Sean nodded.

“I have to do that, what else can I do…….”

And then.

-Surely they are preparing something behind our backs. Don’t let your guard down.

The words that Secretary-General Wesley had urged flashed through his mind.

At the same time, Branch Manager Sean’s pupils widened greatly.

The mysterious cleaning support.

The sudden restructuring.

Nguyen, who deliberately hid the cleaning status.

And Huin, who didn’t give any notice until the problem occurred.

‘Could it be…….’

Soon, a sense of embarrassment appeared on his face.

He immediately pushed away an employee sitting at the monitor and sat down in his place and tapped on the keyboard.

He accessed the International Association headquarters database and searched for something, and the screen that appeared in front of him was…….

「Lee Ah-young, current WDSO [World Dungeon Sanctions Organization] Support Branch Manager.」

It was the profile of the person in charge of cleaning support.

‘I’m screwed…….’

It’s Kim Jun-woo.

Kim Jun-woo was moving.

He infiltrated secretly, and existing employees are also joining him.

“Don’t… tell headquarters!”

Branch Manager Sean opened his mouth with a trembling voice, having realized the whole situation.

“Yes? H, but we can’t solve it…….”

“Didn’t you hear me? Don’t tell headquarters!”

Team Leader Jonathan was quite embarrassed by the sudden shout.

The secretary-general himself had urged him, but if he knew that this had happened, he wouldn’t leave him alone.

He has to solve it on his own somehow.

‘Kim Jun-woo, you son of a bitch…….’

Branch Manager Sean gritted his teeth and opened his mouth.

“Bring all the related people right now. Huin and all the cleaning support staff!”

“A, understood.”

“And…….”

Soon, he continued with sharp eyes.

“Kill Nguyen, that bastard.”